Coronavirus India LIVE Updates: Parliament monsoon session will happen\, says Pralhad Joshi; Karnataka minister tests positive
Coronavirus India LIVE Updates: Parliament monsoon session will happen, says Pralhad Joshi; Karnataka minister tests positive
Coronavirus (Covid-19) Tracker, India Lockdown News Live Updates: With 28,637 fresh infections in the past 24 hours, the number of confirmed cases in India neared the 8.5 lakh-mark. The toll stands at 22,674. Amitabh Bachchan and son Abhishek also test positive.
By: Express Web Desk | New Delhi |
Updated: July 12, 2020 3:39:30 pm
Shopkeepers sit outside their shops looking for customers at Chandni Chowk market in Delhi (Express Photo/Praveen Khanna)
Coronavirus India News Live Updates: Union Parliamentary Affairs Minister Pralhad Joshi said a decision will be taken “very shortly” on when to start the monsoon session of Parliament. “There will be a monsoon session. But when….it will be decided very shortly,” Joshi told PTI. He said with regard to the monsoon session, the time in hand is till September, and many a time the session has been called by August-end.
Bollywood legend Amitabh Bachchan and his son, actor Abhishek Bachchan tested positivefor the virus and are undergoing treatment at Nanavati Hospital. Former Miss World and actor Aishwarya Rai Bachchan and her daughter Aaradhya also tested positive for Covid-19 on Sunday. The BMC sanitised the residential and office premises of Amitabh Bachchan in Juhu and put up a containment zone banner outside the house. Meanwhile, Bollywood actor Anupam Khertook to Twitter to share that his mother Dulari, brother Raju, sister-in-law Rima, and niece Vrinda have tested positive for coronavirus. In a video, Anupam said that while he has tested negative for the disease, a few of his family members were not as fortunate.
With 28,637 fresh infections in the past 24 hours, the number of confirmed cases in India neared the 8.5 lakh-mark. Of the 8,49,553 cases, 5.3 lakh have recovered, while there are nearly 3 lakh active cases. The toll stands at 22,674. India is the third worst-hit nation, behind only the United States and Brazil.
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Coronavirus (Covid-19) Tracker, India Lockdown News Live Updates: Total cases in India near 8.5 lakh-mark; Lockdown announced in Pune, Bangalore; Amitabh Bachchan, son Abhishek test positive; Follow Coronavirus LIVE updates from Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu and Karnataka as well.
15:37 (IST)12 Jul 2020
People testing negative for COVID-19 but showing symptoms should be treated: Experts
Test results may come out 'negative' even if one has contracted Covid-19, experts have warned, advising that the ones showing symptoms must be treated without waiting for a confirmatory test to prevent aggravation of the infection. There have been several cases where patients showing clinical symptoms of COVID-19 have tested 'negative' for the virus multiple times.They were confirmed positive after repeated tests, doctors said. "The general perception of the experts now is that a high degree of suspicion arising out of the clinical symptomatology and the CT scan reports should be the guiding factor for treatment rather than relying only on the RT-PCR test which has a sensitivity of only 70 per cent," PTI quoted Dr Neeraj Gupta, professor in the Department of Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine at the Safdarjung Hospital in Delhi, as saying.
Earlier this month, a 26-year-old junior resident doctor, who had Covid-19 symptoms, died after he had tested negative for the virus twice. According to the family, he started experiencing coronavirus-like symptoms around 10 days ago and had complained of throat pain and cough. “We took him to a chest specialist. An X-ray was performed and we were told he has a chest infection. We were under the impression that it was nothing but viral fever. But he kept saying the symptoms were not of chest infection as he was having shortness of breath,” his brother said.
15:11 (IST)12 Jul 2020
Aishwarya Rai Bachhan, daughter Aaradhya test positive for coronavirus
Former Miss World and Bollywood actor Aishwarya Rai Bachchan and her daughter Aaradhya, who had earlier tested negative for the virus through rapid antigen detection test, have now tested positive. Aishwarya's husband Abhishek Bachchan and father-in-law Amitabh Bachchan had also tested positive for the virus on Saturday late at night.
15:00 (IST)12 Jul 2020
How Karnataka CM B S Yediyurappa spends his quarantine days
Karnataka Chief minister B S Yediyurappa who is under self-quarantine for last few days, after a few employees of his home office tested positive for Covid-19, is spending his time by reading the 'Yayati' novel (Kannada translation) written by Marathi writer V S Khandekar.
#Karnataka Chief minister BS Yediyurappa who is in self-quarantine for few days after a few employees of his home office tested positive for #COVID19 is spending his time by reading the 'Yayati' novel(Kannada translation) written by Marathi writer V. S Khandekar. @IndianExpresspic.twitter.com/8RqBil0xIB
— Darshan Devaiah B P (@DarshanDevaiahB) July 12, 2020
14:08 (IST)12 Jul 2020
Karnataka Tourism Minister CT Ravi tests positive
Karnataka Tourism Minister CT Ravi tested positive today. The daily growth rate of cases in Karnataka is now 7.7 per cent, well ahead of second-placed Andhra Pradesh, which too has been adding a large number of new cases in the last three days. Telangana, which had a growth rate higher than Karnataka till a few days ago, has been showing signs of slowing down, and its current growth rate has fallen below 6 per cent. The national growth rate has been going down every day and is, currently, at 3.4 per cent.
— Darshan Devaiah B P (@DarshanDevaiahB) July 12, 2020
13:56 (IST)12 Jul 2020
UP govt announces complete lockdown on weekends to check COVID-19 spread
The Uttar Pradesh government has decided to implement strict lockdown across the state on weekends, Additional Chief Secretary (Home and Information) Awanish Awasthi told PTI. "The lockdown on weekends will be implemented from the coming Saturday and Sunday especially in the crowded areas. The markets and offices will remain closed on these days. However, the banks will remain open. It (lockdown) will be in place for the month of July at least," he said.
13:50 (IST)12 Jul 2020
Jaya Bachchan, Aishwarya have tested negative: Mumbai mayor
Mumbai Mayor Kishori Pednekar on Sunday said actors Jaya Bachchan and Aishwarya Rai have tested negative for coronavirus. The mayor said the Bachchan residence is now a containment zone and all residents have been quarantined for 14 days. Members of the Bachchan family, including the megastar's grand daughter Aaradhya, took the rapid antigen detection test, Pednekar said. Aaradhya has also tested negative, she added.
Jaya Bachchan, Aishwarya Rai and Aaradhya Bachchan tested negative
13:22 (IST)12 Jul 2020
Parliament monsoon session will happen, says Pralhad Joshi
Union Parliamentary Affairs Minister Pralhad Joshi said a decision will be taken "very shortly" on when to start the monsoon session of Parliament. Both Houses of Parliament were adjourned sine die on March 23, nearly two weeks before schedule, as the budget session was curtailed due to the coronavirus pandemic. "There will be monsoon session. But when....it will decided very shortly," Joshi told PTI. He said with regard to the monsoon session, the time in hand is till September, and many a times the session has been called by August-end. However, the minister accepted that COVID-19 cases were witnessing a surge. "As far as COVID is concerned, it is on the surge now. Let's wait how it unfolds further," he said.
13:15 (IST)12 Jul 2020
India coronavirus numbers explained: As Karnataka overtakes UP, another lockdown in Bangalore
After Pune, it is now the turn of Bengaluru to go in for a fresh round of complete lockdown. The city would be shut down for a week between July 14 and July 22, in a bid to contain the rapid spread of the novel Coronavirus that has made Karnataka the fastest-growing state in the country right now.
Bengaluru had been experimenting with lockdowns during the weekends earlier as well. But there has been no respite in the growing number of infections in the state. On Saturday, the state reported close to 2,800 new cases and overtook Uttar Pradesh to become the state with the fifth-highest caseload in the country. Karnataka has so far seen 36,216 people getting infected with the virus. Only Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Delhi and Gujarat have more infections.
A boy wearing a face mask as a precaution against coronavirus walks past a notice displayed by authorities on a makeshift barricade set up to restrict entry in a containment zone in Bengaluru (AP)
12:52 (IST)12 Jul 2020
No masks, social distancing at Taiwan’s annual film festival
After limiting its coronavirus outbreak to a few hundred cases, Taiwan yesterday wrapped up its annual film festival where social distancing was not followed and most people were spotted without any face coverings. This is not the first major public event in Taiwan. A baseball game last month drew more than 10,000 people in the stadium where spectators were allowed to sit in alternate seats.
The team of movie “Detention” pose on the red carpet at the 2020 Taipei Film Festival in Taipei, Taiwan, Saturday, July 11, 2020. The 2020 Taipei Film Festival is the world’s first large-scale film festival held by an entity after the outbreak of the COVID-19 epidemic. (AP Photo/Chiang Ying-ying)
12:34 (IST)12 Jul 2020
Constable who was in car transporting gangster Vikas Dubey from Ujjain tests positive for COVID-19
An Uttar Pradesh Police constable, who was in the vehicle that was transporting dreaded gangster Vikas Dubey from Ujjain, has tested positive for COVID-19, an official said on Sunday. "The report came in late on Saturday. The cop has now been admitted to an isolation ward," Ganesh Shankar Vidhyarthi Medical College principal Dr R B Kamal said. He said four other police personnel who were also in the vehicle have tested negative.
The COVID-positive constable was injured in the encounter in which Dubey was gunned down.
12:08 (IST)12 Jul 2020
COVID-19: Rekha's bungalow sealed after guard tests positive
The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has sealed actor Rekha's bungalow in suburban Bandra after a security guard there tested coronavirus positive, a civic official said on Sunday. The guard at the 65-year-old 'Umrao Jaan' actor's bungalow 'Sea Springs' tested positive on Tuesday, the official said. The BMC has put a board outside the premises declaring the place as a containment area.
11:37 (IST)12 Jul 2020
As cases surge, patients on oxygen support up by 2% in past month
As the country sees a surge in Covid cases, largely powered by southern states, there has also been an increase in patients on oxygen support – an almost 2% rise in the past one month. A senior official of the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare told The Sunday Express that in the first week of July, when India emerged as the country with the third highest number of novel coronavirus cases, overtaking Russia and just behind the US, 7% of the active cases were on oxygen support. In early June, that percentage stood at 5-5.5%.
11:07 (IST)12 Jul 2020
Anupam Kher’s mother, brother, sister-in-law and niece test positive for coronavirus
Bollywood actor Anupam Kher’s mother, brother, sister-in-law and niece have tested positive for coronavirus. Kher took to Twitter to share the news. He tweeted, “This is to inform all that my mother Dulari is found Covid + (Mildly). We have admitted her into Kokilaben Hospital. My brother, bhabhi & niece inspite of being careful have also tested mildly positive.I got myself tested as well & I have tested negative. @mybmc is informed.🙏”
Anupam Kher said he has tested negative for coronavirus.
10:47 (IST)12 Jul 2020
Amitabh Bachchan, Abhishek test positive: Security beefed up outside Nanavati Hospital, Bachchan's home
Mumbai Police have beefed up security outside the Nanavati Hospital, where megastar Amitabh Bachchan and his son Abhishek Bachahan have been admitted after they tested positive for coronavirus, officials said on Sunday. Security has also been stepped up outside the megastar's two bungalows in Juhu area here, they said. After the Bachchans on Saturday said they tested positive for coronavirus and were admitted to hospital, some people tried to gather outside the medical facility located in Vile Parle (West), but they were asked to leave and not allowed to stand on the road, a police official said.
Both of them are undergoing treatment at Nanavati Hospital
10:30 (IST)12 Jul 2020
Probe ordered after Telangana man carries Covid-19 dead body in auto-rickshaw
In violation of COVID-19 norms, relatives of a deceased coronavirus-infected patient at Nizamabad in Telangana allegedly carried his body in their own autorickshaw for burial after they managed to secure it from the state-run government hospital with a relative's help. As part of COVID-19 guidelines in disposing of those succumbing to the infection, the bodies are sent in an ambulance with a police escort, he said. However, the family members of the patient, who owned an auto, took the body, saying there would be a delay in the arrival of an ambulance, the official claimed.
DME Dr. Ramesh Reddy called it a serious issue and ordered a probe. "The superintendent is instructed to file criminal cases on those staff who were involved in handing over the body. All the Hospital superintendents are instructed to strictly follow the Guidelines and such incidents should not be repeated in the public interest," a release from his office said.
Telangana: Body of a #COVID19 patient taken to a burial ground in an auto-rickshaw from Nizamabad Government Hospital. Dr N Rao, Hospital Superintendent says, "Deceased person's relative who works at the hospital asked us for the body. He didn't wait for an ambulance." (10.07.20) pic.twitter.com/IKhHh3zkbb
Mumbai: 16 staffers test Covid positive in Raj Bhavan
Mumbai’s Raj Bhavan campus that is home to Governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari is the latest to turn into a mini Covid-19 hotspot. On Saturday, at least 14 people who stay and work inside the campus tested positive for coronavirus. Two others had tested positive earlier this week. The Mumbai municipality was yet to declare Raj Bhavan as a containment zone. A senior official with Raj Bhavan confirmed that the campus will remain out of bounds to outsiders and that no meeting will take place inside the premises for the next fortnight or so.
Following the detection of the cases, the Governor’s office has already appointed a team of in-house doctors and paramedics for screening people for symptoms
09:53 (IST)12 Jul 2020
Nearly 8.5 lakh covid cases in India
With 28,637 fresh infections in the past 24 hours, the number of confirmed cases in India neared the 8.5 lakh-mark. Of the 8,49,553 cases, 5.3 lakh have recovered, while there are nearly 3 lakh active cases. The toll stands at 22,674. India is the third worst-hit nation, behind only the United States and Brazil.
09:37 (IST)12 Jul 2020
BMC workers arrive at Bachchans' residence 'Jalsa' in Mumbai
BMC workers arrive at Bachchans' residence 'Jalsa' in Mumbai. Hospital officials said Amitabh Bachchan arrived first for a preliminary check-up after developing symptoms. “After he tested positive, he was advised admission. He went home and returned for hospitalisation by 10 pm. The hospital informed the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) after his reports came positive,” said an official.
Maharashtra: Sanitisation workers of the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) arrive at 'Jalsa', the residence of actor Amitabh Bachchan in Mumbai.
Actor Amitabh Bachchan and son Abhishek Bachchan tested #COVID19 positive and both have been admitted to a hospital. pic.twitter.com/X3KZ3nziwI
Disney opened its Magic Kingdom and Animal Kingdom Saturday, after a four-month shutdown and despite criticism that it did so as virus cases are spiking in Florida. Josh D’Amaro, chairman of Walt Disney Co.’s theme parks, said he was pleased with booking trends. The park is opening with virus-related safety protocols, including temperature checks at gates and mandatory mask-wearing by guests and employees inside. “This is the new world that we’re operating in and we feel like we’ve got a way to operate in that new world,” D’Amaro said. Epcot and Disney’s Hollywood Studios parks will return on Wednesday.
Visitors wearing face masks to prevent the spread of the new coronavirus, take a selfie at the Hong Kong Disneyland (AP)
09:10 (IST)12 Jul 2020
Deadly outbreak at L.A Apparel; 300 infected, 4 dead
A virus outbreak at Los Angeles Apparel has infected 300 people and caused four virus-related deaths, the Los Angeles Times reported, quoting county officials. County officials found “flagrant violations” in public health control, the newspaper reported. The company, started by the ousted founder of American Apparel, Dov Charney, is now making face masks to combat the virus. (Bloomberg)
Coronavirus India LIVE Updates: In the brief, the WHO has formally acknowledged the possibility that the novel coronavirus can remain in the air in crowded indoor spaces
Coronavirus India LIVE Updates:
Also, lockdown restrictions have been announced in Uttar Pradesh, Kerala and Pune, amid a surge in the number of cases. Maharashtra continues to remain the worst-affected state with 2,30,599 cases including 9,667 deaths, followed by Tamil Nadu with 1,26,581 cases and Delhi at 1,07,051 cases.
Meanwhile, notwithstanding the ICMR’s ambitious timeline to produce a Covid vaccine, officials and scientists from CSIR, the Department of Science and Technology and Department of Biotechnology on Friday told a Parliament panel that no vaccine appears possible before early next year, it was learnt.
Globally, over 12 crore people have been infected with the virus and 5,56,383 have died. The World Health Organisation has formally acknowledged the possibility that the novel coronavirus can remain in the air in crowded indoor spaces, where “short-range aerosol transmission… cannot be ruled out”.
The World Health Organisation (WHO) on Thursday (July 9) published an updated version of its March 29 scientific brief, ‘Modes of transmission of virus causing COVID-19: implications for infection prevention and control (IPC) precaution recommendations’, which it said included “new scientific evidence available on transmission of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes Covid-19”.
In the brief, the WHO has formally acknowledged the possibility that the novel coronavirus can remain in the air in crowded indoor spaces, where “short-range aerosol transmission… cannot be ruled out”.
The updated brief has come three days after a group of 239 scientists from 32 countries published a commentary titled ‘It is Time to Address Airborne Transmission of COVID-19’, in which they issued an “appeal to the medical community and to the relevant national and international bodies to recognize the potential for airborne spread of COVID-19”.
While the rapid rise in the novel Coronavirus infections in Karnataka and Telangana has been attracting attention, Odisha has quietly started to show a big surge again. Odisha had first gained prominence around the second week of May when the first batch of returnees from other states, mainly Gujarat, had begun to test positive for the disease in a big way. At that time, it had been one of the fastest growing states in the country. The state had slowed down significantly after that.
But in the last one week, there has been big increase in the numbers reported by Odisha. Close to 4,000 new cases have been discovered in the state during this time, with the state total now touching 12,000. The current growth rate of confirmed cases in Odisha (seven-day compounded daily growth rate) is 5.71 per cent, only behind Karnataka, Telangana, Andhra Pradesh and Assam, and much higher than the national growth rate of 3.45 per cent.
Reliable information is key to tackling any outbreak and nowhere is it more crucial than in the management of the ongoing pandemic, says Ganesan Karthikeyan, a professor of cardiology at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi.
However, the sheer volume and variety of information being made available make it difficult to judge which bits are true and which hyperbole.
“The consequence of all this is impaired judgement, misplaced beliefs and distorted priorities. The run on pharmacies for hydroxychloroquine (triggered by mere speculations) that we witnessed a few weeks ago is a prime example,” writes Karthikeyan.
Shopkeepers sit outside their shops looking for customers at Chandni Chowk market in Delhi (Express Photo/Praveen Khanna)
Coronavirus India LIVE Updates: In the brief, the WHO has formally acknowledged the possibility that the novel coronavirus can remain in the air in crowded indoor spaces
Test results may come out 'negative' even if one has contracted Covid-19, experts have warned, advising that the ones showing symptoms must be treated without waiting for a confirmatory test to prevent aggravation of the infection. There have been several cases where patients showing clinical symptoms of COVID-19 have tested 'negative' for the virus multiple times.They were confirmed positive after repeated tests, doctors said. "The general perception of the experts now is that a high degree of suspicion arising out of the clinical symptomatology and the CT scan reports should be the guiding factor for treatment rather than relying only on the RT-PCR test which has a sensitivity of only 70 per cent," PTI quoted Dr Neeraj Gupta, professor in the Department of Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine at the Safdarjung Hospital in Delhi, as saying.
Earlier this month, a 26-year-old junior resident doctor, who had Covid-19 symptoms, died after he had tested negative for the virus twice. According to the family, he started experiencing coronavirus-like symptoms around 10 days ago and had complained of throat pain and cough. “We took him to a chest specialist. An X-ray was performed and we were told he has a chest infection. We were under the impression that it was nothing but viral fever. But he kept saying the symptoms were not of chest infection as he was having shortness of breath,” his brother said.
Former Miss World and Bollywood actor Aishwarya Rai Bachchan and her daughter Aaradhya, who had earlier tested negative for the virus through rapid antigen detection test, have now tested positive. Aishwarya's husband Abhishek Bachchan and father-in-law Amitabh Bachchan had also tested positive for the virus on Saturday late at night.
Karnataka Chief minister B S Yediyurappa who is under self-quarantine for last few days, after a few employees of his home office tested positive for Covid-19, is spending his time by reading the 'Yayati' novel (Kannada translation) written by Marathi writer V S Khandekar.
Karnataka Tourism Minister CT Ravi tested positive today. The daily growth rate of cases in Karnataka is now 7.7 per cent, well ahead of second-placed Andhra Pradesh, which too has been adding a large number of new cases in the last three days. Telangana, which had a growth rate higher than Karnataka till a few days ago, has been showing signs of slowing down, and its current growth rate has fallen below 6 per cent. The national growth rate has been going down every day and is, currently, at 3.4 per cent.
The Uttar Pradesh government has decided to implement strict lockdown across the state on weekends, Additional Chief Secretary (Home and Information) Awanish Awasthi told PTI. "The lockdown on weekends will be implemented from the coming Saturday and Sunday especially in the crowded areas. The markets and offices will remain closed on these days. However, the banks will remain open. It (lockdown) will be in place for the month of July at least," he said.
Mumbai Mayor Kishori Pednekar on Sunday said actors Jaya Bachchan and Aishwarya Rai have tested negative for coronavirus. The mayor said the Bachchan residence is now a containment zone and all residents have been quarantined for 14 days. Members of the Bachchan family, including the megastar's grand daughter Aaradhya, took the rapid antigen detection test, Pednekar said. Aaradhya has also tested negative, she added.
Union Parliamentary Affairs Minister Pralhad Joshi said a decision will be taken "very shortly" on when to start the monsoon session of Parliament. Both Houses of Parliament were adjourned sine die on March 23, nearly two weeks before schedule, as the budget session was curtailed due to the coronavirus pandemic. "There will be monsoon session. But when....it will decided very shortly," Joshi told PTI. He said with regard to the monsoon session, the time in hand is till September, and many a times the session has been called by August-end. However, the minister accepted that COVID-19 cases were witnessing a surge. "As far as COVID is concerned, it is on the surge now. Let's wait how it unfolds further," he said.
After Pune, it is now the turn of Bengaluru to go in for a fresh round of complete lockdown. The city would be shut down for a week between July 14 and July 22, in a bid to contain the rapid spread of the novel Coronavirus that has made Karnataka the fastest-growing state in the country right now.
Bengaluru had been experimenting with lockdowns during the weekends earlier as well. But there has been no respite in the growing number of infections in the state. On Saturday, the state reported close to 2,800 new cases and overtook Uttar Pradesh to become the state with the fifth-highest caseload in the country. Karnataka has so far seen 36,216 people getting infected with the virus. Only Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Delhi and Gujarat have more infections.
After limiting its coronavirus outbreak to a few hundred cases, Taiwan yesterday wrapped up its annual film festival where social distancing was not followed and most people were spotted without any face coverings. This is not the first major public event in Taiwan. A baseball game last month drew more than 10,000 people in the stadium where spectators were allowed to sit in alternate seats.
An Uttar Pradesh Police constable, who was in the vehicle that was transporting dreaded gangster Vikas Dubey from Ujjain, has tested positive for COVID-19, an official said on Sunday. "The report came in late on Saturday. The cop has now been admitted to an isolation ward," Ganesh Shankar Vidhyarthi Medical College principal Dr R B Kamal said. He said four other police personnel who were also in the vehicle have tested negative.
The COVID-positive constable was injured in the encounter in which Dubey was gunned down.
The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has sealed actor Rekha's bungalow in suburban Bandra after a security guard there tested coronavirus positive, a civic official said on Sunday. The guard at the 65-year-old 'Umrao Jaan' actor's bungalow 'Sea Springs' tested positive on Tuesday, the official said. The BMC has put a board outside the premises declaring the place as a containment area.
As the country sees a surge in Covid cases, largely powered by southern states, there has also been an increase in patients on oxygen support – an almost 2% rise in the past one month. A senior official of the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare told The Sunday Express that in the first week of July, when India emerged as the country with the third highest number of novel coronavirus cases, overtaking Russia and just behind the US, 7% of the active cases were on oxygen support. In early June, that percentage stood at 5-5.5%.
Bollywood actor Anupam Kher’s mother, brother, sister-in-law and niece have tested positive for coronavirus. Kher took to Twitter to share the news. He tweeted, “This is to inform all that my mother Dulari is found Covid + (Mildly). We have admitted her into Kokilaben Hospital. My brother, bhabhi & niece inspite of being careful have also tested mildly positive.I got myself tested as well & I have tested negative. @mybmc is informed.🙏”
Mumbai Police have beefed up security outside the Nanavati Hospital, where megastar Amitabh Bachchan and his son Abhishek Bachahan have been admitted after they tested positive for coronavirus, officials said on Sunday. Security has also been stepped up outside the megastar's two bungalows in Juhu area here, they said. After the Bachchans on Saturday said they tested positive for coronavirus and were admitted to hospital, some people tried to gather outside the medical facility located in Vile Parle (West), but they were asked to leave and not allowed to stand on the road, a police official said.
In violation of COVID-19 norms, relatives of a deceased coronavirus-infected patient at Nizamabad in Telangana allegedly carried his body in their own autorickshaw for burial after they managed to secure it from the state-run government hospital with a relative's help. As part of COVID-19 guidelines in disposing of those succumbing to the infection, the bodies are sent in an ambulance with a police escort, he said. However, the family members of the patient, who owned an auto, took the body, saying there would be a delay in the arrival of an ambulance, the official claimed.
DME Dr. Ramesh Reddy called it a serious issue and ordered a probe. "The superintendent is instructed to file criminal cases on those staff who were involved in handing over the body. All the Hospital superintendents are instructed to strictly follow the Guidelines and such incidents should not be repeated in the public interest," a release from his office said.
Mumbai’s Raj Bhavan campus that is home to Governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari is the latest to turn into a mini Covid-19 hotspot. On Saturday, at least 14 people who stay and work inside the campus tested positive for coronavirus. Two others had tested positive earlier this week. The Mumbai municipality was yet to declare Raj Bhavan as a containment zone. A senior official with Raj Bhavan confirmed that the campus will remain out of bounds to outsiders and that no meeting will take place inside the premises for the next fortnight or so.
With 28,637 fresh infections in the past 24 hours, the number of confirmed cases in India neared the 8.5 lakh-mark. Of the 8,49,553 cases, 5.3 lakh have recovered, while there are nearly 3 lakh active cases. The toll stands at 22,674. India is the third worst-hit nation, behind only the United States and Brazil.
BMC workers arrive at Bachchans' residence 'Jalsa' in Mumbai. Hospital officials said Amitabh Bachchan arrived first for a preliminary check-up after developing symptoms. “After he tested positive, he was advised admission. He went home and returned for hospitalisation by 10 pm. The hospital informed the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) after his reports came positive,” said an official.
Disney opened its Magic Kingdom and Animal Kingdom Saturday, after a four-month shutdown and despite criticism that it did so as virus cases are spiking in Florida. Josh D’Amaro, chairman of Walt Disney Co.’s theme parks, said he was pleased with booking trends. The park is opening with virus-related safety protocols, including temperature checks at gates and mandatory mask-wearing by guests and employees inside. “This is the new world that we’re operating in and we feel like we’ve got a way to operate in that new world,” D’Amaro said. Epcot and Disney’s Hollywood Studios parks will return on Wednesday.
A virus outbreak at Los Angeles Apparel has infected 300 people and caused four virus-related deaths, the Los Angeles Times reported, quoting county officials. County officials found “flagrant violations” in public health control, the newspaper reported. The company, started by the ousted founder of American Apparel, Dov Charney, is now making face masks to combat the virus. (Bloomberg)